At this moment, Yan Botao was also overflowing with murderous intent. He couldn’t remember how many years it had been since he had shown such a strong desire to kill.

It had been a long time since anyone had provoked such a strong killing intent in Yan Botao. Over the years, Hou Wu was definitely among the top five who could stir up such a strong killing intent in him.

This murderous intent made Zhao Yiqiu and Bai Jingfei, who were standing behind Yan Botao, feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar. They looked at Yan Botao in surprise. Could it be that Yan Botao was going to make a move?

“I’ll say it one more time.”

“Kneel down!” Hou Wu roared fiercely. His eyes suddenly turned blood red, and the blood vessels bulged out menacingly. Today, he was going to humiliate Yan Botao in every possible way!

To avenge the humiliation Yan Botao had inflicted on him! He didn’t believe that Yan Botao would dare to make a move, unless he was crazy, disregarding his family and the lives of everyone in Changting Town!

However, the next second, Hou Wu’s pupils contracted, and his expression became painful! Yan Botao’s figure suddenly appeared in front of Hou Wu!

His speed was so fast that people couldn’t react in time. At this moment, Yan Botao’s hand was already gripping Hou Wu’s neck.

Hou Wu’s eyes were about to bulge out. The surrounding disciples of the Minghai Trading Company were shocked. Yan Botao actually dared to make a move!

“Yan… Botao… you… you dare…” Hou Wu never expected that Yan Botao would dare to lay a hand on him.

Even though Yan Botao’s hand was tightly gripping his neck, Hou Wu still didn’t believe that Yan Botao would dare to kill him.

“Your whole family…”

“Crack!” Before Hou Wu could finish his words, Yan Botao made his move. Without uttering a word, he shook his Prenatal True Essence within his palm.

From Hou Wu’s neck to his entire spine, everything was shattered by Yan Botao. Hou Wu died on the spot.

At this moment, the disciples of the Minghai Trading Company were all dumbfounded. Hou Wu was dead just like that? Wasn’t it said that the people of the Changqing Trading Company wouldn’t dare to make a move?

Had they gone mad? They threw Hou Wu’s body on the ground like a piece of garbage. Hou Wu’s body was completely broken, and he was thrown on the ground like a rag, his posture was particularly strange, his eyes were filled with disbelief. He probably didn’t expect Yan Botao to actually kill him until the moment of his death.

Yan Botao’s gaze also swept across the crowd, his indifferent eyes glanced at these disciples of the Minghai Trading Company. Many of them couldn’t help but retreat, Yan Botao’s gaze made them feel a chill down their spines, as if a bloodthirsty beast was staring at them, the ones with less courage even started to tremble.

Everyone was afraid that Yan Botao would also make a move on them. They were only warriors of the Postnatal Realm, most of them were still in the Transcendence Realm. If Yan Botao really made a move on them, how could they resist a Prenatal?

That was simply impossible, they could be turned into corpses on the ground in a minute.

“You… don’t come over, we are disciples of the Minghai Trading Company, if you dare to touch us, you will…” The disciple of the Minghai Trading Company at the front stammered.

But he couldn’t finish his sentence, because he also realized that his threat was useless, otherwise Hou Wu wouldn’t have died there.

“Scram!” The word “scram” echoed out like a loud bell! This word directly exploded in the ears of all the disciples of the Minghai Trading Company.

In an instant, everyone’s heads were booming. An endless pain swept over their brains. At the same time, blood flowed from their ears.

The expressions on everyone’s faces were full of pain, because Yan Botao’s roar had shattered their eardrums.

Many people were rolling on the ground in pain, their heads splitting with pain, and the world was completely silent, all they could hear was the buzzing in their minds.

A roar deafened so many people, such terrifying strength also made the other merchants feel the terror of the Prenatal Realm.

But even Yan Botao was so terrifying, how strong must the old man of the Minghai Trading Company be?

“Let’s go.” Yan Botao turned around and said to the crowd. The people of the Changqing Trading Company didn’t say anything more, they turned around and went back to the company, leaving only a group of people rolling in pain on the ground.

The scene was particularly tragic. When everyone dragged their broken bodies back to the Minghai Trading Company, the street in front of the Minghai Trading Company was in an uproar.

Because this scene was too shocking. Dozens of disciples of the Minghai Trading Company, their faces covered in blood, each dragging their broken bodies, even the people of the Minghai Trading Company were shocked when they saw them. These people were disciples of the Minghai Trading Company?

In Path Mark City, someone actually dared to hurt the disciples of the Minghai Trading Company like this, who had the guts to do this.

Hai Dongsheng couldn’t believe it when he heard the news. He didn’t believe that the Changqing Trading Company would do such a reckless thing.

Did they really not fear that the Minghai Trading Company would wash Changting Town in blood? Hai Dongsheng walked out of the company, saw the miserable state of the many disciples of the Minghai Trading Company, and the body of Hou Wu, this time Hai Dongsheng was truly enraged to the extreme!

Everyone could feel the terrifying momentum of Hai Dongsheng at this moment! It was the momentum of a storm brewing!

“Good, good!” Hai Dongsheng was so angry that he laughed: “Hahaha, it’s really good, it seems that my Minghai Trading Company has been too kind for too long, causing many people to forget the terror of my Minghai Trading Company, forget the terror of our old man!”

“Changqing Trading Company, you did a great job.” Hai Dongsheng sneered: “Wait, when my Minghai Trading Company’s ancestor arrives, he will slaughter your Changting Town! Let your thousands of clansmen accompany you in death!” Hai Dongsheng’s voice was very loud, everyone outside who was watching heard it very clearly.

They truly felt the surging killing intent of Hai Dongsheng at this moment. The air was filled with a sense of oppression, the sky was covered with gloom, the entire sky was about to turn blood red, and the smell of gunpowder in the air was mixed with the smell of blood.

It was as if the entire street had been washed in blood. However, at this moment, a bundle suddenly fell from the sky.

Thud! A dull sound echoed as the bundle hit the ground, landing behind the many Hai family disciples.

The Hai family disciples were not frightened, for they were all deaf and did not hear the sound.

But this bundle that fell from the sky caught everyone’s attention. What was this thing? Where did it fall from? Hai Dongsheng also frowned deeply, looking up, but found no one on the rooftops.

At this moment, the bundle untied itself, the wrapping fell off, and what appeared before everyone was a human head!

The head had wide-open eyes, completely unblinking, with white hair, belonging to an old man. His expression was fierce and terrified, as if he died with his eyes wide open.

“It’s a human head!” Someone exclaimed. The moment Hai Dongsheng saw this face, he was struck by lightning!

He felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over him from head to toe. This face was all too familiar to Hai Dongsheng. It was the Hai family ancestor, Hai Songtao!

The Hai family disciples noticed Hai Dongsheng’s expression, they turned their heads to look behind them, and were equally dumbfounded when they saw the head.

Isn’t this our ancestor? How did his head end up here? Among the onlookers, few had seen Hai Songtao, but there were some who had done business with the Hai family and recognized the head at a glance!

Moreover, there were spies from Yunling Sect among the crowd. At this moment, the crowd was in an uproar! Hai Songtao was dead!

As soon as the news came out, it swept through the city like a plague!

“Have you heard? Hai Songtao of the Hai family is dead!”

“What! Hai Songtao is dead? How is that possible, he was a master at the peak of the Innate Realm, who told you this! You dare to spread such rumors, aren’t you afraid that the people from Minghai Trading Company will hear this and break your ribs.”

“Who else could have told me? Hai Songtao’s head has been chopped off and thrown at the door of the Minghai Trading Company, witnessed by so many people today!”

“So thrilling? Who did it?”

“Who knows?”

“Do you think it could be…”

“You mean Changqing Trading Company? No way, does Changqing Trading Company have the ability?”

“I think it’s entirely possible! If Changqing Trading Company didn’t have the ability, would they dare to confront the Hai family head-on? They beat up Hou Wu before, and later crippled so many of the Hai family disciples. The Hai family said that their ancestor would come in person, but they were fearless. If it wasn’t Changqing Trading Company who did it, I can’t think of who else could have.”

“That makes sense…” Lin Wangshu of Yunling Trading Company was also shocked when he received the news.

“Aunt Meng, Changqing Trading Company really made a move.” Lin Wangshu said in astonishment: “I originally thought that Changqing Trading Company would at most use the power behind them to pressure the Hai family not to interfere with their business, but I never expected them to be so ruthless, they went directly to Water City and slaughtered Hai Songtao!”

“Getting this news, I was also surprised. Hai Songtao has been rampant in Minghong Prefecture for so many years, and he was just slaughtered like this, it feels a bit unreal. After all, there are so many people who have a grudge against the Hai family, but they all couldn’t do anything to Hai Songtao.” Aunt Meng quickly said: “Moreover, I also inquired about the news, there is still no movement from the Hai family in Water City, which is very strange.”

“Could it be that the Hai family hasn’t discovered that their ancestor has been slaughtered yet?” Lin Wangshu sneered: “Don’t say it, it’s really possible. In that case, we Yunling Sect should add fuel to the fire.”

“Miss, do you mean… spread the news?” Aunt Meng asked curiously.

“Spread the news to those who have deep hatred with the Hai family. The Hai family has offended many people over the years. Also, let my father take action. How much advantage we can take when the Hai family falls depends on our ability.”

“Moreover, Changqing Trading Company will definitely not sit back and wait for death. They were able to kill Hai Songtao, this strength cannot be underestimated. If we get involved in the struggle for interests, we Yunling Trading Company should prioritize Changqing Trading Company’s interests and give way to them. Before we understand the strength of this opponent, we must not offend them.”

“Otherwise, the Hai family’s today may be our Yunling Sect’s tomorrow.” Lin Wangshu said, a deep wariness showing in his eyes.

Changqing Trading Company, too mysterious! They were able to silently kill Hai Songtao, and even the Hai family didn’t notice.

Such strength, and they came to open a trading company… what were they thinking. Minghai Trading Company was in chaos, and the whole Path Mark City was also in chaos because of this.

Only Changqing Trading Company was as steady as Mount Tai! This made countless people feel that Changqing Trading Company was even more mysterious. Not only did they have strength, but they were also steady!

Outside, the world was in chaos. Everyone wanted to get a piece of the action in this matter, but Changqing Trading Company didn’t make a single move. This was truly grand!

At this moment, in a private room on the second floor of Changqing Trading Company. Yan Botao and two others were sitting together, a stick of incense on the table, a pot of tea, a plate of peanuts.

The three of them had been drinking for half a day. However, they hadn’t spoken for half a day, all three of them were pondering one question.

Who the hell did this? After hearing the news that Hai Songtao was killed, the three of them were stunned for a long time.

Because today, after beating up the Hai family disciples, the three of them had decided to pack up and run. They couldn’t stay in Changqing Trading Company anymore. If Hai Songtao really came, they wouldn’t even have a chance to escape.The best course of action so far was to return to Changting Town. Hai Songtao’s threat to decimate Changting Town was an empty one.

After all, Changting Town was under the protection of Li Changqing. Even though Li Changqing was in seclusion, if Hai Songtao really caused a ruckus in Changting Town, would Li Changqing not intervene?

Therefore, with Li Changqing as their backing, Yan Botao was not overly worried. This was also why, upon hearing that Hai Songtao was coming to Path Mark City today, Yan Botao still dared to take action against the Hai family’s descendants.

Worst case scenario, they would retreat to Changting Town and continue to lay low. It was better than kneeling down and losing their lives.

So, after the three of them returned, they began to pack their belongings, preparing to take what they could and leave the rest behind. Their lives were the priority.

However, before they could finish packing, chaos erupted outside. The three of them were startled, initially thinking that Hai Songtao had arrived so quickly.

But after their subordinates investigated, it turned out that Hai Songtao had indeed arrived, but not in one piece… Once they had processed this news, they began to speculate who could have done this.

Li Changqing was in seclusion. It was unlikely that he was responsible for this. Could it be an enemy of the Hai family?

Why would they choose to take revenge at this critical moment, greatly aiding the Changqing Trading Company?

“I think it was the Grand Priest,” Yan Botao said solemnly. “The Grand Priest must have already known about this. Even though he’s been in seclusion recently, he must have had other friends help him settle this matter. Otherwise, it’s too much of a coincidence.” Zhao Yiqiu and Bai Jingfei nodded in agreement after a moment of silence.

“That makes sense.” They couldn’t think of any other explanation.

“The Grand Priest does have other powerful allies,” Yan Botao recalled. “That Ma Sandao, although he died in the Grand Priest’s courtyard, the Grand Priest himself said that Ma Sandao was not worthy of dying by his hand. So, it was obviously someone else who did it. Perhaps this person also dealt with Hai Songtao.” This surprised Zhao Yiqiu and Bai Jingfei. Ma Sandao wasn’t killed by Li Changqing himself?

“This is the most reasonable explanation,” Yan Botao said cheerfully. “With Hai Songtao dead, the Hai family is finished.”

“Leader, the Hai family is finished, but chaos has already erupted in Path Mark City. Once the news spreads, the entire Hai family might be swallowed up by other forces. The Hai family has businesses in over a dozen cities in Minghong Prefecture. Now it’s a hot cake…” Bai Jingfei was somewhat anxious. Such a big pie was not something that any random force could swallow, not even the Yunling Trading Company.

Wouldn’t their Changqing Trading Company take a bite of this pie?